Financial Times 12,717 by Cincinnus
Posted by Pete Maclean on March 27th, 2008
Some snazzy clues here but also one that I could not solve (11D)!
Across
1. SO CALLED – anagram of ALL CODES
5. SHAPES – S[tylis]H + APES (copies)
9. HESPERUS – HES (He’s) + PERU (land) + S[chooner]
10. IGNORE – anagram of REGION
12. ROLLS – double definition
13. DIRECTION – double definition
14. ISOBAR – IS (is) + O (round) + BAR (obstruction)
16. GRANITA – GR (Greek) + ANITA (girl)
18. RUN OVER – double definition
20. PAST IT – PAS (governors) + TIT (bird)
22. MAHARISHI – MA[ta] HARI (thankless spy) + anagram of HIS. Nice one!
23. TENOR – anagram of NOTE + R[ecital]
24. LUANDA – L (Lake) + U (superior) + AND (as well as) + A (a)
25. STYLISED – anagram of TIDY LESS
26. ISRAEL – LEAR + [lo]SI[ng] backwards
27. GRANDSON – GRAND (a lot of money) + [o]S[b]O[r]N[e]
Down
1. SAHARA – A (a) + RA (painter) + HAS (has) all backwards
2. CASTLES IN THE AIR – double definition
3. LEEDS – homophone
4. ECUADOR – anagram of ROAD by ECU (City University). Where does the E come from?
6. HIGH CLASS – HIGH (type of school) + CLASS (form)
7. PROHIBITIONISTS – anagram of BRITISH POSITION
8. STEINWAY – STEIN (Gertrude) + WAY (direction — from 13A)
11. TRUG – R (skipper’s last) in TUG (boat) — See comments below.
15. BEVERIDGE – EVE (female) in BRIDGE (bit of a fiddle — as in violin)
17. GRIMALDI – anagram of A DIM GIRL. Perhaps not the first Prince Albert one thinks of!
19. REST – double definition
20. PAINTER – A (a) in [Harold] PINTER
21. DRYDEN – RYDE (island resort) in D[eadly] N[ightshade]
23. TALON – hidden word
March 27th, 2008 at 3:57 am
11 Skipper’s last seen in boat getting a basket (4)
was among some three that I left unsolved.
Now, going by the wordplay,
Skipper’s last – R
seen in- container/contained ind
boat – TUG (tug-boat)
getting – T(R)UG
a basket – def?
Reaching for Chambers, I find
trug: a shallow wooden fruit-basket (Chambers)
Not surprising that this unusual word not known to me in all my reading is marked ‘dialectical’
March 27th, 2008 at 4:32 am
Bravo, Rishi! And thanks.
March 27th, 2008 at 9:32 am
The Beveridge report (published during the second World War) proposed setting up the National Health service.
March 27th, 2008 at 5:05 pm
Thanks, Gouldman. I did not comment on that myself because I was unsure if the Beveridge concerned was that one or a reporter in the media sense of the word whom I was unfamiliar with.